Remember the wreck of the HMNZS Manawanui?
It used to be one of only nine New Zealand Navy Vessels, and it sank in an until-now ‘unexplained’ accident off the coast of Samoa.
The female captain of the ship, Yvonne Gray, we mercilessly trolled online for having lost the ship, prompting the defense minister of the country – also a woman, Judith Collins – to come to public with a strong statement.
But Collins did not explain why the aging New Zealand Navy hardware is in such poor state of maintenance that out of the now remaining eight ships only five are operational.
Instead, the Minister took a page of the feminist book and focused on bashing what she called were ‘vile and misogynistic online remarks’ by ‘armchair admirals’ about the Lesbian female captain of the HMNZS Manawanui that ran aground, caught fire and sank off the coast of Samoa.
But now, it turns out that – surprise! – there is good reason to doubt the capacity of Captain Gray, as it arises that her ship’s crew ‘had mistakenly left the vessel on autopilot’, according to the a government…
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